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Wilson had emerged as a powerful champion of the progressive agenda on the domestic scene and a strong spokesperson for American neutrality in the devastating -
to free Bosnia and Herzegovina of Austria-Hungarian rule and establish a common South Slav ("Yugoslav") state. -
Many progressives believed much of its power derived from its ability to avoid costly entanglements in Europe and elsewhere. America, they argued, could serve the world best by concentrating on reforms at home and setting an example of peace and democracy. -
marked the end of the German sweep into France and the beginning of the trench warfare that was to characterise World War One. -
caused international outrage and helped turn public opinion against Germany, particularly in the then-neutral United States -
symbolises the determination of the French Army and the destructiveness of the war. -
prompted a U.S. threat to sever diplomatic relations. -
A more professional and effective army emerged from the battle. -
The Campaign and Election of 1912. Although Woodrow Wilson was convinced that God had destined him to be president, it took all his political skill -
conveyed Germany's intentions should America enter the war. That included urging Mexico to join Germany in declaring war against the United States. -
became the primary motivation behind Wilson's decision to lead the United States into World War I. -
it made the eventual defeat of Germany possible. -
provide our Nation with a structure and a system of guidelines which will provide the most prompt, efficient, and equitable draft possible, if the country should need it. -
broadly sought to crack down on wartime activities considered dangerous or disloyal -
helped the French Army on the Western Front during the Aisne Offensive -
infected about 500 million people worldwide and resulted in 5o million deaths. -
as the basis for peace negotiations at the end of World War I. -
because it was in the interest of Russian Communists (Bolsheviks) who took power in November 1917. The Bolsheviks' priority was to win a civil war against their domestic opponents, not to fight in WW1. -
made it a crime for American citizens to "print, utter, or publish...any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" about the government -
The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I. It was one of the attacks that brought an end to the War and was fought from September 26 – November 11, 1918, when the Armistice was signed. -
the culmination of a coordinated Allied offensive extending across the western front, a distance of more than 400 miles. Faced with this overwhelming advance, the Germans were driven back from the territory they had fought hard to acquire over four long years of war. -
gave some German territories to neighbouring countries and placed other German territories under international supervision